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Just flipped it on and I was shocked to see the last player on the ice is Jagr. :eek:
was it just head games with the "miracle" talk about going tonight?
:shrug:
frickin didn't take long to give up another 2-1 goal.
Ozolinsh is hearing the wrath of the MSG faithful every time he touches the puck. Should have been a scratch IMHO.
I have yet to complain about the officiating in this series as far as not being even. The Rangers have taken a zillion penalties (which is no different than we saw all season)
but the 2 plays on Prucha in deep just now, he got tripped from behind going after the puck then when he got up he was checked from behind and knocked down again forcing a turnover, leading to an odd man rush goal...
Both absolutely would have been called against the Rangers in game 1, without question. I don't like that. I'm not a whiner by nature, but I like to see even officiating. I'm starting to feel like we're not getting it.
Not to take credit away from the Devils fine series at all... but it is aggravating none the less.
Madferret
4-26-06, 7:57 PM
Get on the boat Mel, I don't think their is anyone here who doesn't think the officiating is brutal.
I just want to make it clear that I'm not blaming the dismal Ranger performance this series on the officiating and I give full credit to the Devils for, well playing like the Devils.
But man the insignificant crap that was getting called in game 1 was going on even worse last night and they were letting it slide. I don't like that inconsistency.
Apparently Renney doesn't like the officiating either...
"[I don't like] the turning and protecting the puck with the back to the checker, then falling down and grabbing your head, and then jumping up and skating away after a penalty has been called," Renney said following practice. "You haven't seen any of our guys do that.
"This is an honorable game. We play with all the honor the game requires. We'd like to see our opponent do the same.''
http://www.nypost.com/sports/rangers/65100.htm
Would you like some cheese with your whine Tom?:rolleyes:
Apparently Renney doesn't like the officiating either...
http://www.nypost.com/sports/rangers/65100.htm
Would you like some cheese with your whine Tom?:rolleyes:
I would chalk that up to frustration. It's very out of character for Renney to complain about officiating or anything else. He saw something he didn't like and anger got the best of him. But the anger is at his own team really. He knows a few bad calls would not have saved the Rangers by any stretch in this series thus far.
TIme to drop the puck on Game 4
Let's see if the Devils score in the first minute again.
Believe it or not I still think the Rangers could win this thing... I only say that because I've followed the team all season, and there fortunes turn sharply.
In other words a big momemtum shifting play/victory puts them on a higher level and it sticks for games on end. And the reverse is true. That's what we're seeing now.
If the Devils score early and gain similar momentum I would say the season's over. If the Rangers can rally and breathe some life into themselves... it might just carry them through to game 7.
Unfortunately I have to go out now. But I should catch the tail end of this game. Let's go Rangiz! lol
pfft first shift for Jagr. Injury. He's done.
Elias just had a beautiful play to make it 4-1 late in the 3rd.
All I can say is hats off to the Devils. Their playoff seasoned guys took this green Ranger team to school plain and simple. Honestly it was a great lesson for them. They were out-classed.
The Rangers simply could not get a good bounce, they've hit a lot of posts. Everything seems to go the Devils way... but I am a firm believer that the better team gets the "bounces" it's not all about luck.
As lousy as this season ended, I still feel really great about it and the future. but that's for another thread.
Madferret
4-29-06, 6:01 PM
Congrats NJD for getting into Round 2. Enjoy Doc..
Well done to NYR. No-one pegged them to do what they did this year so to get to the playoffs is a hell of an achievement.
There go my pools, I really liked the Rags from the limited games I saw them in. An injured Jagr and Lundqvist was simply too much to overcome.
It was a great season for the Rangers. Far more than expected by myself, as they looked to be the bottom of the league again going into October. Too bad it had to end with four Ls at the hands of the rival Devils, but there's a lot look forward to -- Jagr's back to form, Lundqvist is a stud in net, team chemistry, etc. Be very proud, Mel. And congrats to MD's hot Devils for the impressive sweep.
Once again the Rangers faded away in round one.
KB in Kelowna
4-30-06, 10:59 AM
Once again the Rangers faded away in round one.
Got your ankle tape ready? Don't land to hard!:laughing:
Thanks all for the positive words of support... Although there' no getting around the fact that losing sucks. This season overall was a great success.
I plan to make a thread reviewign the seson when I have time.
The Rangers had quite possibly the most unlucky series I've ever seen before. Injuries, bad bounces, about 8-9 goal posts, etc. They never gave up though, I do have a lot of respect for that. They really got a very tough matchup in the first round against a hot team, but they didn't just roll over a die. Tough luck for the Rangers, but a good lesson for the young guys in the playoffs for the first time.
Lundqvist, Prucha, Tyutin, Moore, Hossa, Hollweg, Betts, Ortmeyer, and all the other young players on that team will only get better next year, and I hope to see them in the playoffs again.:thumb:
The Rangers had quite possibly the most unlucky series I've ever seen before. Injuries, bad bounces, about 8-9 goal posts, etc. They never gave up though, I do have a lot of respect for that. They really got a very tough matchup in the first round against a hot team, but they didn't just roll over a die. Tough luck for the Rangers, but a good lesson for the young guys in the playoffs for the first time.
Lundqvist, Prucha, Tyutin, Moore, Hossa, Hollweg, Betts, Ortmeyer, and all the other young players on that team will only get better next year, and I hope to see them in the playoffs again.:thumb:
THanks and good luck in round 2. Whoever draws New Jersey next round better be ready for a battle! They really are playing the best hockey I've seen them play in a long time.
charlio lemieux
5-02-06, 2:15 AM
Poor Jagr.
Rangers star Jagr might need surgery on dislocated left shoulder
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) - Jaromir Jagr tugged his shirt and rubbed his dislocated left shoulder as he spoke of what it might take to fix it.
About 48 hours after the New York Rangers were swept out of the NHL playoffs, Jagr and his teammates cleaned out their lockers, had exit interviews and underwent physicals Monday.
Jagr had an added activity, taking an MRI of the shoulder that basically limited him to two of the four post-season losses the Rangers endured against the New Jersey Devils. The decision of whether the NHL's second-leader scorer would require surgery was expected quickly.
"I saw a lot of pictures but I don't understand it," said the 34-year-old Jagr, who broke team records with 53 goals and 123 points this season.
Jagr was injured late in Game 1 - the Rangers' first playoff game since 1997 - when he took a swipe with his left arm in an attempt to hit New Jersey forward Scott Gomez late in the 6-1 loss.
He was in so much pain that even simple tasks became impossible. Yet, he only missed one game, New York's 4-1 loss that put the Rangers down 2-0 in the series. It was the first contest Jagr sat out all season.
Jagr made a surprise return for Game 3 and got through another defeat but showed none of the ability he displayed all season. He was back on the ice three days later but was gone in 53 seconds.
He took a clean hit from defenceman Brad Lukowich, one that typically wouldn't knock the six-foot-three, 245-pound right winger off his skates. But the pain in Jagr's shoulder weakened him overall and he went into the boards with his left shoulder taking the impact.
"It hurts a lot more than it did after the first game," Jagr said. "I can not really lift my arm or do anything."
If surgery is the call, Jagr wants to get it over with as quickly as possible.
"We've got five months before the season starts," Jagr said. "Hopefully, if there is any surgery it's not going to be complicated and I might start practising next month."
Although he is not usually an advocate of operations, Jagr said he would go along with this procedure. Without it, a recurrence next season would sideline him for three or four months.
"That is the last thing I want to do," Jagr said.
When he gets back in September for training camp, the Rangers could look a lot different.
They have several unrestricted free agents, including defencemen Tom Poti and Michal Rozsival, and fellow Czech forwards Martin Rucinsky, Martin Straka and Petr Sykora.
Jagr scored or assisted on 123 of the Rangers' 250 goals and New York will need offensive production from more places to advance further in the playoffs.
Free agency is a way to go, but the Rangers can't rely on just outspending clubs anymore with the salary cap now in place.
"We need some scoring and we need some defence, too," Jagr said. "There are a lot of players around the league that see this team is going in a different direction than before."
The Rangers won 44 games and missed out on winning the Atlantic Division title because of a five-game losing streak to end the season. That put them one point behind New Jersey and Philadelphia.
Coach Tom Renney put a lot of the blame on the midseason Olympic break that came when his club was riding a six-game winning streak. But New York, which sent eight players to Turin, never recaptured what it had early on and went 9-11-4 upon returning.
"When you have a three-or four-week break in the season, you're starting I would say from zero," Jagr said.
The Rangers' rebuilding process will resume in the fall. Jagr might also take on the role as captain then. He turned down the chance to replace Mark Messier this season because he felt a North American player should hold that title.
Jagr cited his struggles with English as one reason, but he was more open to the idea Monday after serving as part of a three-man crew of alternates.
"I am not running from that," Jagr said. "If that happens, it would be a big honor to me and I would feel a lot more comfortable than if that happened a year ago."
And leadership is something he learned as a young player in Pittsburgh, playing in the shadow of Mario Lemieux when the Penguins won consecutive Stanley Cups in the early 1990s.
He now wants to repeat the feat on Broadway.
"It's going to be my goal until I retire. I want to win the Cup and I want to win the Cup in New York.," Jagr said. "My first two years ... there was Mario and other veterans who played with him who kind of gave the Cup to me. It was kind of a gift to me because I was a young guy and didn't play much.
"All my life long I wanted to do that, not the same thing as Mario, but help those other guys and be the guy to say, 'Hey guys, this is the gift for you. I want you guys to have it because Mario did it for me."'
The good news is he sounds positive, and maybe taking on the Captaincy even. Good for him.
wildboy26
5-05-06, 5:41 PM
I feel sorry for Jagr in every way his year ended. Losing the Maurice Richard Trophy and the Art Ross Trophy in the same final week, and probably the Hart to boot. Losing the game that lost his team winning the division, then being injured and either not playing or ineffective when he did play with that injury in the playoffs, and his teams promising year ended in a flop. Poor Jagr in every way these final few weeks. :(
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